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Show AUGUST AVEKICAX MAGAZINE. T'e .".irvn! is-.:e oren with M.ry bv XYtihA-n iv !v::t-v. r. .: Moi'm.'" a Mo:v of lc e, i,-nrV a;vi ro.iil. Other V:ts o: rvucn :rc ' r c Mor i's c: iv:er," bv M.ii-'cr.o 1 tVoi. iv-ore K-e::. a b.e-v-iK moi-v. bv !i ( y,t. vev, "The Tt"vjVH' Ki'-',': ,m" bv VI is V. Vastier, be c:i:is the ":o'.v of A cr:s in the ).: of ; ; '-.(-wed m.m." Articles of :ntt:ys! to the business v.a are: "H.v W ill ti e War Arte t Mv r.ess" bv H i Vol shew w fu t b-.:.r.?s.i s h.;e propcrvd .i:,1 wh.u ob..ir.?vs tv b..- e u er.-;ov.o 1ir:n the' period of I e w.ir ' Tee IV.m Tbiy r. the O.vve of 1 bv Thomas V Wil son, he.id of a iv.'.n n-.,io nu-.u iTiir ruvsr-e; "Why He Gets the Trade." b v Ft e d e r i ck O K u h i , The s o r v of a coimtrv r.rr.'h.nrir w!o keeps h'.s c,:v.om-cry c,:v.om-cry .mr.Hefiil A prie contest conducted by the A me r van. a sk:-- for answers to n l -e r:erv. W!mi I voi:!,i M.-rrh- for r-v cor.nl r " w ,s on by the mother v v 0red her hrsthorn son. A couple sbo't Viocraph-.es of Jane Oow and ,VY,int-ir.d Rice, e.i,h aoooir.iv.nie,! bv a f portrait m alo-sravure, ave verv imcr-i imcr-i esvr.s. A .vord'.r.s to lrv;n Cobb, we have row i successor to our old ir-.end James Whi-.vmb Ri'ey in u ran: '.and li:ce. who ,-cn: r-.b-ites a poem, "Vvwn in Sunny Tennessee." xew novel by locke. -Tve Re? Puei." Py WiV.i.irH J Looke. r-.'ished bv John Lane Co.. Xfv York. $!.5'. Tb.:s if a story of war Time, still not a s;;ry of war. Love ar.d nistery and ;ove ssa'.n, these are the threads the wsr-?iM tans'.ed and Mr. Lorke unraveled in b".s best story since "The Fe- ioved Vscabond." Tb.ouch it has war for its baokcround. "The Re 1 Fkinet" is a ta'e of ho-r.e- Tt has for Its se:t!r. s a cirei Kne!;sh v-.Tiajse, w here dwell the fathers ani n-.others, t1e wives and sweet-?arts sweet-?arts of those who are out "somewhere." Love :s t ere. and creat devo: ion. and -N.-c,.::e: couraae and m stery. And the o.d s.-"'.d'.er who can no Icr.er serve his ooun-t-.- ihr.I.s you with the story of it all. AUGUST AMERICAN EOT. Mi;'fr Foo'-;r;-.;."er. ri reotor of the bu-:?a bu-:?a u of civilian m a r s t. s r. s h : 6 in the war derartn"!en t. points out the impor-tr.e impor-tr.e c: learn:ne- how to effect the ex-jicsion ex-jicsion of a rir1? by s-iueez'-r: in'ead of ifrk:r.s: or pulling the tris-rer. He also g ves a series cf drills bv which anyone v n leim te essent a's of coM marks-Tranship marks-Tranship without even ftrir.s a shot. The vsrai-ne exploits two summer sports in "The Foundation Stroke in Terms." by P. A . Vfi i " e . ar d ' "L e a ri n s: the Cra w I Stroke," by F. V. ith. swimniina; in- , strurtor cf the Los Anreles Athletic club. Both writers touch upon comparatively r.ew phases cf their subjects. Another a-::c".e o: the romance of t'e air is contributed con-tributed by Lieutenant O. T. Cum mines, a yours American who has won the British Brit-ish distinguished se'ice order. A de-, de-, lichtful sketch o: Hudson Maxim an i a j 1 letter from F- W. Zinn. an American jI - boy at war. are other features. - "Mark Tidd. the remarkable fat boy. breaks in vith a bis iausrh in the nrst installment of a new serial by C. B. K"lland. Arrpn? other f.cvlcnal tp- :;hers are t'-.e whimsical "IWd-sher-rn." by T. S. Stnbblin--. "The Fortune of T .ir." a stirring tfile by Walter S Sio: : "Torpoial Mav ftoxs a Slian' lie. Tu it." a tlmvlv siorv 1'V i.'haii- T. J;i-'1vmmi: the :r.o!e ilniller a;o(v, 1 " V u t - in; m the I'tm-li." bv Haroai Titus; mid ;ooiu;e M. Jolmon's c!evr story. 'Vcil' lio.u. ' KEW DETECTIVE STORY BY REEVE. "The Treasure Train." Tv Arthur P. Keeve. PuLhshed b Ilarper A Urotliers, New York. $1.S;. This is a book of thrillma: detective stories, in which die fnmoiss suentiric .h u-i uve. Cra isr K.'ur.o.iy, known to every redf r of The Tr;: ur.e. :tnl w ro has taken his phic? bv the side of Sherlock Holmes, enmlovs his unique methods to hnni; truth t'- Uht and to overwh.olin the criminal in his iiiU. PRACTICAL GARDEN BOOK. i "l'vii Mints on Vegetable Oardenint:." Hy Mae Sa e!l tjroy. Publibhed bv tJ. V. Putnam's Sons. New York. $1.50. This is the fourth in a series of "ItW 1 li-nts" books which die author has pub-, pub-, l:h(si. It is intended for the small "war" cardener who wishes to find some sus-. sus-. ces;:ons how to Ret the best results out I of his time and efforts. The book is arranged ar-ranged alphabet ha iiv, bos Inning wit "artichokes" and endinc with "watermelons." "water-melons." Besides dca'ir.ir with all' t he rest of the alphabet in between, there are special articles on "Soil and Fertilization." Fertiliza-tion." "The Hotbed and I'old-Kmame,'' "Seed." "Plant inp." "U-a terms." "Weeds." and a number of other i topics which oupht to prove a profitable studv for the amateur. The book contains con-tains a minute index. enabitnsr one to find anv matter in a moment. APPEAL TO AMERICA'S YOUT. "You Are the Hope of the World." By Hermann Hrc-'.lorn. Published by t he '.icmM!.n Company. New York. ?c. This little book is an appeal by the well-known- author to the girls and boys of America, pointing o.;t th t In view of the slaughter of tae youth of Europe they are largely the "hope of the world" m the years to come and Indicating the ideals by which they sr.oull be guided In the face of this responsibility. KEW BOOK ON RUSSIA. "Russia of Yesterday and Tomorrow " Fv Baroness Souiny. Published by the Century company. New York. $2. "Here is presented to the reader a lively. v;:d account of the Russia that w;is and an indication of the Russia that Is to be. Tne book, though conversation., humorous and even, t lung but stilted, achieves a revelation of the Russian chara-uer while It cr.arms ths reader with its running fire of pungent commentary on men, women and events of one of ti e most fascinating countries in the world. The author is a Russian subject who has traveled much abroad as well as in her own country anI who se-?s Russia in broad perspective. Her book is not a history, thouch it has enough historical background , accurately outlined, to p! e the narrative a proper sett;rg. It touches upon the economic, pohii'-a! and social life of the great race which, she holds, is oriental under its white skin. ' Being a member of the nobility, she .Ulte naturaMv Is oppuf-ed to democracy, and p.unis In the l.it .-hai-ter a r.nhf-r u Um- ptctm-e of t :-e 1;h;m.i of toiuor-j,w, toiuor-j,w, .'mcsmii,' nv.ni d.iulis nri to the c;ip.ihll:lv ,.f i.:e i;.i:an ..-,.ple to r-vuhe a pranmatio toi m of .leuu.c i a t Ic Koveni-ment. Koveni-ment. AXON'YMOUS NOVEL. "Tle Fmpty Hmi.-." puhh-hed by the .Macmiu.ui ccmpany. New Yoik. This stor', hy an unonvinaiis w riter. pmports to' be a tiiiuh' of one of the greatest problems of prer-ent -.lay o-ci, o-ci, ;x Hint uf It-red bv t lie wivr.it n w ho i-fu"es te burden of moihri ii..d. The Q'it'Mhui is ronsidered fro.n artous points of view, as held bv the several rhaiaoierf around u iu:n I. o plot or the story t d-veloj d-veloj t-d. Tlie h-ro:ne. w ho hcie'f t -1 1 1 her experlenc.-a with al! frankness. fmd t.iat r,.;isrot!.'!ires of a tragic nature result re-sult fioni her own detriin'.nu: Ion, Nun of a knowledge of the ravine of her motliers pre in at ure drat h, to bear no chhdren. Apart from Us u is -u.-!on of this .v-rio'.iB theme, the nocl, crni iered hideiy us a novel. tiiK'u pro e interestitig. The "guesses" as to the. authorship of "The Km pi y House" will he numerous, and by n.anv It will doubtless be credited some one or other among the prominent promi-nent writers of the time, since theie are m.tny indication.-. In Its technique and l.tontry siie. or the work of a practiced hand. WOMAN ON IRISH QUESTION. j 'Doing Mv Pit f.r In land " Hy Margaret Mar-garet Skinnldei. Published b the Century company. New York. $1. This book narrates the event which took p a. e duni.K '-ie recent K-iMt-r Wn-k i e ol v; t ion , or r.it cr im-cur: e-v ion. since i: did not si..-, ee 1. and as the former t-'im is onlv Appln able acconlm? to M's r-kinnidcr hen the movement sue-ceeds. sue-ceeds. The narra 1 1 e is written In a vi id. a t tract !ve st arul ran no: fail tii impress the reader. Mm e t lie aut i or was an e e-w Itni-.-s, nnd sometimes e en more than that, of erythintr that the book contains. The younn woman herself her-self was wounded tore times, enough evidence that 5 e took an artie. part m the uprising. SIi-j was also a member of the council of the r-vo ution. Tr.e Utok contains a numbt-r of plot u res of prominent participants in the revolt, as well as somo facs::idls of lntereitin documents, one of whi-h is an annotm.-e-mer.t of "the provisional ernrinnt of th Irish republic to the people of lie-land." lie-land." slcr.ed by the seven members n: ti.e prois!or.l po r n m-n t . i;n ior w c.h h appears in brackets the Pre, "All f Its signers we-o execute! " Tfie ronclud-inar ronclud-inar paces ron'ain a co' lection of s-mcs sun;? by f'ft revolutioms:.-1, some of t.em new. ad of them f :il of the ? wi nk hie p.etrv of the movement which n:oicd them. A HELPFUL HOUSEHOLD BOOK. -Th Margin of H.pplrirss." bv Tbtta Quay Franks. Published bv P. Putnam's Put-nam's Sons, New York. SbTA This book oupht to prove of benefit to bo:h youriR and old housekeepers. It Is bssed upon lectures d-iivered bv. Mrs Fr arks to classes i n coo k i : c and household efficiency. The prad nates of the class received certificates Marine that they had completed a t w o year's cours In cook ns: ar d household efficiency, ef-ficiency, including" a knowledge of the bud Re i plan as applied to a household, business methods of conducting 1s organization or-ganization and expenditures, a hnWnced ration and the economical purchasing ol supplies. The preface quotes John Burroughs, from the Indies' Home Journal, as follows: fol-lows: "Malnutrition is the dor throueh i which come most of the fos of our physical system. Our bodily lif re- i volves around the digestive tract : w e are built around a put. and we are r.evr for a moment to forget or ignore that humble, not to pay vulgar, fact. A man ideally nourished could dWv all the hos- : tile perms that surround him or He In wait in his own body." ANGLO-AMEBIC AN RELATIONS, j "The E relish -speak in it Peoples." by 1 George Ixuiis Peer. Published by The MacmiHan Company. $1.'1. ; Whn Admiral Mahn discussed the 1 question of closer political relations be-tw-een the EnEthsh-spcakine pt'ojies in l?t4 the project was dismissed as visionary. vis-ionary. Neither in the I'nlted States nor in Great Britain was their close interdependence inter-dependence realized. The question has now, however, become of paramount importance. im-portance. Mr. Beer's bonk is a searching analysis analy-sis of this question, in which every aspect of the matter is shrewdly examined. The nature of the established international system is exhaustively reviewed and the urgent problem of securing the future peace of the world is analyzed in a dis-tim dis-tim tly new spirit. In a historical survey of the past decades the fundamental aims of German policy are elucidated, and the openly expressed hostility of influential Germans to the "Anglo-Saxon block" is linked up with that policy. All the Kr.glish-speakins; peoples arc shown to form one cultural unit, with identical aims in foreign policy, economic development and cultural ideals. A close and intimate association of these varied peoples is shown to be made imperative by the entire trend of the world's progress. prog-ress. Due stress is placed upon the fact that the foreign policy of this world-wide commonwealth will be controlled, not by Great Britain alone, but by its entire self -governing citizenry. It is conclusively conclu-sively shown that a democratic co-operative alliance of the English-speaking peoples peo-ples of North America, Britain, Africa and Australia is essential to their own survival, and is aiso the only attainable bulwark of liberty for the rest of the world. JULY BOOK NEWS. J. Henry Fabre. the famous French naturalist, is the subject of a biographical biograph-ical sketch in the July Book News. Henry C. Shelley contributes an essay on the "Centenary of Jane Austen's Death." Other sketches of a biographical nature are "Je fiery Farnol in America." recalling the fact that the young- Er.rrlish author lived In New York from 1902 to 1910. Also "Henry van Dyke of Princeton," our recently resigned ambassador to the Netherlands. Ralph "U'lpmore's article on "Titian and Venice" is of special interest of all art-lovers and is illustrated with a number of cuts, among them a rare "Birdseye View of Venice." Raoul de Feaucrispin deals with "The English Novel in the Nineteenth Century." A number of excellent pictures, poems and criticisms of current literature are worthy wor-thy of mention. NEW SPANISH PERIODICAL. "Inter-America"; Org-ano de Intercambio intelectual entre los pueblos del nuevo mundo. Published bv Doubleday, Page & Co., New York. This periodical, which owes Its existence to the Carnegie Foundation for International Peace, has for its aim a closer intellectual relationship between the peoples of the two Americas. It does that by publishing" Spanish translations transla-tions of English articles one month, and English translations of Spanish articles from current periodical literature the next month. That the literature is of the highest standard is evidenced if we mention such names as the Vale Review, N'w Republic, North American Review, -- . f .Vilimi, i-VriLnrr'a. Km uni, Atlantic, from 1 all t which in ha..- t.r-f-n ini.-d in thi ! pi'---., i.t i.Ju!v) It-M.e, b.-.ihh-a n louoiH-r or j Mil,!, ! 'I li- nittKhzine ouht to prove of pn-nt i I pin !!t in lh.- l.ui;- numbi-r of Miid.-ntn 111 Ihirt counlrv. wl.O ha- ."tie l. S'.ipil i tlm ch iia-nf ,rv M-p lu th.-lr rtndy of the ( aMdlan ldlmo. A TRIBUTE TO FRENCH CIVILIZATION. CIVILIZA-TION. "Sden.-r and I.ea rnlntf in l"i an e " An A ppi.M la Hon b American Schohim. I'u'.h.'l.rd by Hie Soc'.-tv f,,r AmiKaill IviiowMiipfi in l-'riH h l'nl n m.iic". I Jl M. j Till- bo.ik Is not an att.mpt to l..:lfvj Frt-nch h.-ience aid l.-a m: r.S U-caur-r 1 lhancn i our a!lv. hut It lias niown out or tlie dlre to biin honi to the Atu-r- j lean I'nipln tile KiV.it K.-L-ntUlc uhl:Vfi-j nu-nls tif llirt French, and to dh-pd lh--1 Illusion which has h.-.ui pit-vailhut all ton lnnK' ii m on k- us t ha t Kn-nclt ci ; illa t n is niitv a poor st-cotnl to Ot-iman cuituie. TLls i: dut- to the ra.-t thai our A:ii'-nran tudfiits. io .ut-Mii' advanced worl: in their r-!pr-t( t- !lii.-. luvf a h "ina fn (x-tnaiiv. whic thee could ui.lalh ad- . mission lo the muveiHl i it-n and a diploma I filler having suc-c-- nil v roinjdet.-d iln-lr 1 course. In French un I v erst I i-s tb.-re e- 1 IfHted a barrier, w hi !i i:d" rt- entlv has j been taken down. onlv stu-b-nts with t'- p: -'ius d.-lu.-. from h Kn-nch m si it u - i lion cni:M (.!it i!n a hljIier de-iee, and I the American undent wants, first of al!. 1 a deu-e and a diploma, a naintal weak- I n sh, ulnce hi own alma mater u nd ev-rv I other In the lard hfit s upon It bt-fore j she will mu.uo htm on hi-r staff. i K.i' h cha pter df t !-. book deals with one of the s. lern'eh nnd art, and is writ - j ten by fiom two to half a dozen and ' more scholars, each one dealing with a particular phase r.f t hr suh.pct, the one in which he himself is an authority. The i book ourht to proe of Kreat Miniulus to j anv leaciier, s Well ns to the nenral reader who wbln-s to broaden his scope j of L-eiieral s vell an upecinr Information alonu' th.es lines. Hut of efpechH Inter- ' est will thin volume be, to miv rnduat j M ude n l who w is lu-s lo pursue H d' a need j w . 1 1 k , Mn e t lie; hi iok con tains t ii ree a p - . pend:ces wnili-n for his sp. 'ia bene'.t. ' Tf e deal with " Kd oca t tonal a d van t a s for Amen, an student In France, witli a history of ihe recent chan'-s in Ha uni- ; ersi I v nvstem" : "I n st 1 1 u i ions of h Ik her i learnliik'; their orira n ! z. : ion . depress, re- 1 .;n:rern.jits, fe.-, etc," and "I'tnctlenT hUi.'uesuons to the Intendiin? graduate ; stu.'.ent." Tiie bonk is e-pHpj etl with a larnc numbfr t( excellent portraits of the : leadms h-ench scholars and also a number num-ber of vi-ws of the Sorumne and ot her institutions. A MYSTERY STORY. "The Oirl by the Roadside. " Pv Varlk Vr.n.mlv. Pubhshe i bv t!'e MKauIayj Com'an', New York. Jl-. i In Kits na,.ra:!e the author is frr.'lnn! to the puM! u story of ims'.-rv, th- pur-poe pur-poe f.f w V I c'n I; me re v entertainment 1 lather t! an the work:n-' out of anv deti- nite pr.-: U-rn. It depicts the efforts of a vounr t'lrl to i-scape t ho notlie of ofh- j c.als wh.o are tnrmenttni: her on a -count of her unsuspecting association with a ' counterfeiter. Th.e stle is S'.mrle, the I characters are fairly w 1 drawn and the, action mo cs with plausibly ranidtty; lv:t the slt'.:a'.ons are o n. nrnti p. a e ani ' would become ahiT.pt tiresome were It j not f-.r th i rlen-ent of suspense. From ; t:-e standpoint of te-rporary p!e;sure. th story is worth reading f-ir the s.triidicity and r.. ?termuf r.es o: its telling, j JULY ATLANTIC. The country's call h.is cne forth, ard ten million younn men are. enrolled for . .ler service; thr-re is S'ar ely a l.ir.e In 1 th.e Hhd whin !s n..t HfTccl'-d directly or Indi! e.-tl v bv t h 5 per: nrous e ent in our national life. It :s in'-onc-ivable, j ti.ereto-e. that anv An.erb an si.ouli j -ead Mnur:e Pane's "Yo :ni: Soldiers of Fr.nce" wiTho.it profound emotion. W'iide "he tre.it Frerc'h aut;. or tV. ' 5pec;f:ca!l" of ):: i"Tc countrymen. : ic." M!h!::r cr.ah'tcs of la in and heroism . whb'h he hni tip to u ;ir-- t'.e prr---;oup I'ri'.u'.- of all the Sellers of K.tht. ::. t-! c r ! a n ce is tin in i :l t r .-n t of i :h ;-rman-Amrncan press bv Frank P- w'-cse charccs. ptious ,-is thv are, a re well within the fwet s of the r.iF?. A 1 tr-.o of -JisttnculFhe 1 F.nsb.Tmen con-1 .tribute to this nota1 Ie num'er: I. P.' !al as. editor of t he- Hibb'-i i Journal, p v.nts out "T'ce Oaring Aim of the' War. " a - it becorr.es n-.ore and more . plainly revealed lo thirKiii": men; .idrey Webb, in "BntlPh Kvper.nce for Am-r- -lean." sneaks- frarkl- of tiie tremendous -.rr.liivj w hi'-h tins c-nr.irv must face ; SMnev Lo draws on h; larce know . .iz of " Weitpohtik'' to wri'.e on "peace and Set ' ir.ci!." 1 lucllein-.o Ferrero ( "Italy and th Adriatic" outline- Italy's as- : piratiors with arr.azmz forieht and t niodra tion. whil- a vourg Amerlc.m, Paul Wharton, furnishes in "Th R-.s- : sian Ides of March" the most Intimate and brilliant account of the recent revo- , lution that has appeared tn this co-jnry. ; Kuaene Puvenport meets a vitllv im-portant im-portant -justion n his paper, "Sr-all the Brewing of Grain Re Prohibited?" JULY REVIEW OF REVIEWS. ?oni e of t h mor important and in'r- ) e".inp articles in this month's issue are: "Renaissance of American f'upbuiid-ing." f'upbuiid-ing." by V. L. Mar in ; "War Profits i to Pav for the War '; "Making Ofilcers i for Our Army," bv William Menkel; j "Pershine. American Generalissimo"; i "The War Waits on America," by Frank j H. Simon Js. Several "War Personal!- . tics." row much r efore tlie eye of the I public, are presented in the fo'dowinc articles: "Fx it Constantine of Greece"; 'I-or-1 Northcliffe in America." and "Andre "An-dre Tardieu, Commissioner for France." JULY CUEKEXT OFINION". Openine: with articles on how the ' X'nited States coes into war, and what : the Pnited States is rich tine for. the ; duly number contains under its several headings a larsre number of articles of very timely interest. Under "Persons in i the Foreground." Hoover. Prince Rup- : precht of Bavaria and others are pre- i sented. T "nder "Music and Drama," a one -act play by James Barrie is described de-scribed in detail; aiso articles dea!irr . with "Black Music," Fleonora Puse. a nil "Prama-Therapy" are offered. Mr. Wells contributes an essay on his belief in a struggling God. I nder Literature and Art are found quite a number of at- : tract ive essays. dealing with Thoreau, Maupassant. Swinburne and Stevenson. There is also tlie usual collection "Voices-of "Voices-of Living Poets." AUGUST WOMAN'S HOME COM- ! PANION. ! This "Summer Story Number" contains ! several bits of tiction by Juliet W. Tompkins, Tomp-kins, Mary H. Bradley. Gertrude M. Stevens Ste-vens and Anna A. Chapin. Special articles ar-ticles deal with the Companion's exchange ex-change of ideas coneernincr patriotic service, ser-vice, the "Hour-a-day Club." and "Economics "Eco-nomics That Help." Under "The Woman Motorist" several interesting incidents are related how women became independent indepen-dent of the stronger sex and drove their cars themselves and 'did themselves and other people a good service by cioinc so. The August cooking lesson deals with the now all-important art of "Canning." |